Extreme Choppiness

Sir Goulum · 03-29-2005, 06:57 PM

I was going to play this through again this afternoon, but when I went to go at it, I found absolutely unplayable. I can handle some choppiness, but this was just bad. I hadn't changed any settings since I last played it, haven't installed any new mods, nothing. Also, the SoA part is fine at least it was the last time I was playing it (about a week ago). Any ideas?

shamrock_uk · 03-29-2005, 07:08 PM

None, other than check your config file incase ToB has somehow changed your video settings.

Free space left on your hard drive?

Some Tactics scripts can be pretty meaty, but presumably this is happening outside of battles?

[ 03-29-2005, 07:08 PM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]

Sir Goulum · 03-29-2005, 07:09 PM

Well, it is in battles mostly, but I don't think that Tactics touched that first Pocket Plane challenge at all. I've got about 3Gigs left.

[ 03-29-2005, 07:10 PM: Message edited by: Sir Goulum ]

shamrock_uk · 03-29-2005, 07:12 PM

No, don't think it does off the top of my head. Although isn't that the one with monsters coming out of the wordwork everywhere?

Free space is fine - I was straw-clutching for something that might have changed outside of BG2. If you had 2MB of Free Space and low RAM it wouldn't help.

Sir Goulum · 03-29-2005, 07:17 PM

Yep. But it's never ever given me problems before. In fact, I used to be able to have Imoen, Edwin and Nalia each cast time stops at the same time, each cast a couple of dragons breath/comets and maybe some fireballs with it only choppying up a little when it is all realeased. It's just kind of odd that it all of the sudden changed.

Sir Goulum · 04-01-2005, 11:55 AM

Ok, I tried a re-install of everything to see if it was because something was corrupted or something like that, with no luck. Any other ideas?

Xen · 04-01-2005, 12:10 PM

Try to clean the cd. If everything else fails buy a new copy.

Sir Goulum · 04-01-2005, 12:18 PM

The CD doesn't have any scratches at all. And wouldn't that make it go choppy all the time, instead of just when there's animations going? It runs like a charm in the menus, and when I have it paused. If it where the CD, wouldn't it make them choppy as well?

Dace De'Briago · 04-01-2005, 04:23 PM

Hmm. What I would try to do is:

+ Make sure that the game is installed to the hard drive
+ Defrag the hard drive
+ Update your graphics drivers
+ The Tactics scripts are heavily processor dependent. Did you just update your Tactics version before you had problems?

Those are the free things to try... after that costly hardware upgrades are calling.

Sir Goulum · 04-02-2005, 10:46 AM

Well, I just reinstalled it for the 2nd time yesterday, defragged last week, and I just tried to play it again before installing any mods and it was still really choppy. But not at all in SoA! (Had a save game before the final battle. The way it acts in ToB, even clicking to put the tears in would have made it slow up, never mind casting all those spells).

04-01-2005, 04:23 PM	#9
Dace De'Briago Silver Dragon Join Date: December 28, 2002 Location: Wales Age: 44 Posts: 1,617	Hmm. What I would try to do is: + Make sure that the game is installed to the hard drive + Defrag the hard drive + Update your graphics drivers + The Tactics scripts are heavily processor dependent. Did you just update your Tactics version before you had problems? Those are the free things to try... after that costly hardware upgrades are calling. __________________ Warning: Powergamer

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03-29-2005, 06:57 PM	#1
Sir Goulum John Locke Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: Edmonton, Canada Age: 36 Posts: 8,985	I was going to play this through again this afternoon, but when I went to go at it, I found absolutely unplayable. I can handle some choppiness, but this was just bad. I hadn't changed any settings since I last played it, haven't installed any new mods, nothing. Also, the SoA part is fine at least it was the last time I was playing it (about a week ago). Any ideas?

03-29-2005, 07:08 PM	#2
shamrock_uk Dracolich Join Date: January 24, 2004 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 3,092	None, other than check your config file incase ToB has somehow changed your video settings. Free space left on your hard drive? Some Tactics scripts can be pretty meaty, but presumably this is happening outside of battles? [ 03-29-2005, 07:08 PM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]

03-29-2005, 07:09 PM	#3
Sir Goulum John Locke Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: Edmonton, Canada Age: 36 Posts: 8,985	Well, it is in battles mostly, but I don't think that Tactics touched that first Pocket Plane challenge at all. I've got about 3Gigs left. [ 03-29-2005, 07:10 PM: Message edited by: Sir Goulum ]

03-29-2005, 07:12 PM	#4
shamrock_uk Dracolich Join Date: January 24, 2004 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 3,092	No, don't think it does off the top of my head. Although isn't that the one with monsters coming out of the wordwork everywhere? Free space is fine - I was straw-clutching for something that might have changed outside of BG2. If you had 2MB of Free Space and low RAM it wouldn't help.

03-29-2005, 07:17 PM	#5
Sir Goulum John Locke Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: Edmonton, Canada Age: 36 Posts: 8,985	Yep. But it's never ever given me problems before. In fact, I used to be able to have Imoen, Edwin and Nalia each cast time stops at the same time, each cast a couple of dragons breath/comets and maybe some fireballs with it only choppying up a little when it is all realeased. It's just kind of odd that it all of the sudden changed.

04-01-2005, 11:55 AM	#6
Sir Goulum John Locke Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: Edmonton, Canada Age: 36 Posts: 8,985	Ok, I tried a re-install of everything to see if it was because something was corrupted or something like that, with no luck. Any other ideas?

04-01-2005, 12:10 PM	#7
Xen Symbol of Moradin Join Date: June 5, 2002 Location: Slovenia,Ljubljana Age: 37 Posts: 8,554	Try to clean the cd. If everything else fails buy a new copy.

04-01-2005, 12:18 PM	#8
Sir Goulum John Locke Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: Edmonton, Canada Age: 36 Posts: 8,985	The CD doesn't have any scratches at all. And wouldn't that make it go choppy all the time, instead of just when there's animations going? It runs like a charm in the menus, and when I have it paused. If it where the CD, wouldn't it make them choppy as well?

04-02-2005, 10:46 AM	#10
Sir Goulum John Locke Join Date: February 7, 2002 Location: Edmonton, Canada Age: 36 Posts: 8,985	Well, I just reinstalled it for the 2nd time yesterday, defragged last week, and I just tried to play it again before installing any mods and it was still really choppy. But not at all in SoA! (Had a save game before the final battle. The way it acts in ToB, even clicking to put the tears in would have made it slow up, never mind casting all those spells).

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